Bottle-filling apparatus.



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BOTTLE IIILLING APPARATUS.l APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7,1908.

Patented A3111. 6, 1909.

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' filling milk or other' `ready escape of liclylqiid from backing up in the air passage, l I w integral with the lower end of the web 2 and HARRY E. SANDERS, OF ZANESVILLE, OHIO.

BOTTLE-FILLING APPARATUS.

No. emite.

Application filed February 7,

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that l, HARRY E. SANDERS, l a citizen of the United States, residing at Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Bottle-Filling Apparatus, of which the following is a speci- This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for bottles and the object of the invention is an improved cut-oil' which is constructed of comparatively few parts that may be easily separated for cleaning purposes or the like, and which is designed to positively stopv the flow of li uid when such is desired, and thuselfectual y prevent the waste of such liquid by the bottles overfiowing. And a further object of the invention is an improved cut-oil of that type that embodies a separate passage to permit the the air from the bottle being filled and that is arranged to close the air passage simultaneously with cutting oil` the flow of the liquid and to thus prevent the ch is a most objectionable feature of cutoils of this type.

With this and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain conl structions and arrangements of parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features thereof in the appended claim. For a full understanding of the inventionand the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure l is a perspective view of my irnproved bottle lilling apparatus showing a case of bottles operatively supported beneaththe same; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the cut-oil; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail View in. section of the lower portion of the cut-oil with the llange and washer omitted, the section being taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 2; and, Fig. 5 is -a transverse section of the pipei showing the groove formed section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated Specification of Letters Patent.

therein, with the .L

Patented'npru e, 1909;

1908. Serial No. 414,790.

in reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, reservoir or tank that contains a supply of the liquid with which it is desired to vtill one or more bottles B, said 'tank being formed with a plurality of bottom discharge openings c. f

Cylindrical pipes 1 are secured at Ytheir upper ends in the several openings c of the .tank and extend downward y therefrom as shown. Each pipe is Vformed with 'a longitudinalweb or partition 2 which divides-the pipe'into a liquid channel 3 that communi- Cates with the interior of the tank, and an air passage 4, the web and the portion ofthe pipe eoacting therewith to form the air passage being extended upwardly beyond the level of the liquid in the tank. extends downwardly beyond the lower end allithe views of the drawings b v the same.-

designates the A.

The web '2 ofthe pipe 1 and is provided at its dependl ing side edges with legs 5 which in the present instance are formed integral with and extend downwardly from the `lower end of ,the pipe.

`'circular-nipple'(i is secured to or formed is of greater diameter than the pipe 1. so that its edges project outwardly therebeyond, the upper 'and lower faces of this nipple being preferably cone-shaped and the up )er face being thus adapted to serve as a de ector.

A hollow cylindrical casing/7 encircles .the-

ipe 1 with its lower end normall resting on the outer edge of the vnipple 6 an being preferably beveledto form a tight joint therewith. T his casing is formed intermediate of its ends with an outstanding resilient washer 9 encircles neath the flange and tapersk downwar the casing bethereirom to the lower end of such casing. An expansion spring 10 encircles the pi e land the casing and is interposed between t e llange 8 of the latter and the bottoni of the tank in order to exert its tension to force the lower end of the casing against the nipple and thus close the lower ends of the air passa e and liquid channel.

. n the preferred construction of the device that portion of the pipe l which extends upwardly from the bottom of the tank is formed with an exterior groove 11 in alinement with dly l,

ilange 8 anda suitable means to the .into the bottle,

the upper end of the liquid channel 3, said groove being designed to be turned into engagement with a segmental li c outstanding rom the opening c and to t us detachably secure the pipe to the tank A.

ln the practical use of my improved bottle g apparatus, the bottles B are positioned beneath the cut off with each rim bearing against a washer 9 and forming an air-tight joint therewith, the nip le 6 being received in the mouth of the bott e and spaced therefrom. An upward pressure is applied by any bottle such upward movement obviously raising the casin y and holding the lower end thereof in spacedD relation to the nipple. The liquid then flows from the liquid channel 3 and isdischarged the air in such bottle displaced by the li uid, escaping through the air assage 4.

e to the desired point the u ward pressure is removed from the bott e and the spring 10 exerts its tension to force the casing against the nipple 6 and thus sim ultau eously close the liqu1d channel 3 and the air pas sage 4. n

As best villustrated in Fig. 1,' the milk or other bottles to be iilled are preferably supported in their case upon a vertically-movable bed or table D arranged to be raised by a foot-treadle d or the like so as to car the bottles upwardly into operative posltion. Manifestly, however, my invention is not limited to the apparatus in connection with a plurality of bottles or anymeans for pressing the bottle or bottles wainst thecasin 7..

1t will be noted that bv the 'conical lorm of en the bottle has been( as arranged for use the lower face of the nipple, the latter serve to center its being held in cut-olf.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is The combination with a tank formed in its bottom with a discharge opening and with a segmental lip projectin into sai( opening, of a pipe designed to be etachably secured to the tank and formed with a lon itudinal web dividing the pipe into liquid andg air passages, the former communicating with the interior of the tank and terminating iiush with the bottom thereof, and the latter projecting u Wardly above the level of the liquid in tige tank and being formed in its peri hery in alinement with the upper end of t e li uid assage with a transverse groove ada te to be turned into engagement with t e se mental lip, the web projecting downward y beyond the lower end of the pipe, a nipple secured to the lower end of the web, a vertically movable casing' encircling the dpipe and projecting downwardly therebeyon With its lower end normally abutting against and forming a tight joint With the nipple, said casing being formed With an outstandin ilange, and a spring encircling the pipe an the casing and interposed between the flange of the lat ter and the bottom of the tank, as and 'for the purpose specified.

-In te Jtimony whereof I alix in .pre ,ence of two Witnesses.

HARRY E. SANDERS. [L. s] Witnesses: i f

' DAISY SANDERs, MYRTLE CRANE.

the bottle and thus insure operative relation to the my signature 

